Because the results of student-completed teaching-evaluation questionnaires often playa role in personnel decisions made by institutions of higher education, the article reviews the principal quantitative studies that social scientists have conducted on the validity of the questionnaires. The methodological flaws in and limitations of these studies are considered, and the potential side effects...

^rst Year the Board of the Faculty has concerned itself with establishing general practiin ^search and with post-graduate study. Dr. Mallett, the member for research, has put Dr. ^CVTt^meA Faculty Advisory Panel has been formed, with Professor Milnes-Walker and borne' Gale from Bristol University. After much preliminary work by Dr. Mallett of Wimof ~rHickson of Chippenham, and Dr. Cookson of Hu...

The mentorship best practices discussed in this document have been compiled from meetings and discussions with senior mentors, faculty and students throughout the College of Medicine, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, and the Department of Internal Medicine. In addition, literature suggesting best practices for mentors has also been considered in the formulation of the practice...

Librarians have used bibliometrics for many years to assess collections and to provide data for making selection and deselection decisions. With the advent of new technology--specifically, CD-ROM databases and reprint file database management programs--new cost-effective procedures can be developed. This paper describes a recent multidisciplinary study conducted by two library faculty members a...

The Rhode Island Hospital Ophthalmology Residency Program was established in 1963, nine years before Brown University’s Program in Medicine was created. DR. ANTHONY BROCCOLI was recruited as its first ophthalmology resident. When the first medical school class enrolled at Brown in 1972, ophthalmology resident education was provided by a cohort of community-based physicians including DRS. H. FRE...

This study examines how mentorship opportunities contribute to the productivity and career growth of public affairs faculty, stratified by gender race. The uses primary data coming from an original survey administered at two different points in time (2017 2021) faculty who are part NASPAA member schools. Results indicate that women racially under-represented groups more likely receive formal me...

Israel Cidon received the B.Sc (summa cum laude) and the D.Sc. degrees from the Technion -Israel Institute of Techno logy, Haifa, Israel, in 1980 and 1984, respectively, both in electrical engineering. From 1977 to 1980 he was a consulting Research and Development Engineer involved in the design of rnicroprocessor-based equipment. From 1980 to 1984 he was a Teaching Assistant and a Teaching Ins...

Numerous studies have investigated the impact of class size on student outcomes. This analysis contributes to this discussion by isolating the impact of class size on student outcomes in higher education by utilizing a natural experiment at a selective institution which enables the estimation of class size effects conditional on the total number of students taught by a faculty member. We find t...

This paper is a somewhat enlarged version of my farewell lecture delivered on 23rd March 2022 at the Faculty Mines Istanbul Technical University (ITU). It reviews some important developments in geology during 40 years I was faculty member ITU and contribution geologists to these developments. As stipulated syllabus, first hour-and-a half this lesson we devoted discussion normal faults. last as ...

a study on the relationship between duration of breastfeeding and some maternal and neonatal factors    amirshahi m [1] *,shiri s [2] ,salehin sh [3] ,mohamad rezaei zh [4]     received: 19 feb, 2013 accepted: 25 apr, 2013    abstract   background & aims : breastfeeding has many benefits for mother and preterm infant. identify factors affecting breastfeeding, have an effective role in supportin...